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Microsoft’s Mouse Without Borders

Published on December 2, 2011 in Gadgets, Microsoft, Software, Tech World and Utilities. 0 Comments

Microsoft released a free software called “Mouse Without Borders” which allows you running multiple computers with one keyboard and mouse like Synergy. But the “Mouse Without Borders” brings a lot of cool features and an easy setup.

  • Use your mouse seamlessly
  • Drag files across computers
  • Copy & paste across computers
  • Share one keyboard across computers
  • Lock or log into all of your PCs at one time and share screen captures from one PC to another

Moving the Flag Status Column in Outlook 2003

Published on March 4, 2011 in Microsoft and Software. 2 Comments

The follow-up flags for Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 messages appear on the right side of a mail folder view, instead of on the left side with the other icons, such as the icon for attachments. Is there a way to move the Flag Status column to the left side of the mail folder view?

It is possible to relocate the Flag Status column, but you’ll lose the context menu with its flag commands. That menu is available only when the Flag Status column appears in its special position on the right.

To reposition the Flag Status column, you need to remove it from the view first, then restore it in the desired position. To remove the Flag Status column, choose View, Arrange By, Current View, Customize Current View, then click Fields. In the Fields dialog box, select Flag Status, then click Remove. Click OK once to return to the Customize View dialog box.

Once its removed, simply follow the same process again to open the customize current view window and drag Flag Status from the Available Fields list into the Show these fields in this order list, positioning it as you want it to appear in the view.

Small Business Server 2008

Published on May 10, 2010 in Microsoft and Tech Review. 0 Comments

Right… Im gonna summarise this for you into a brief but accurate sentance “NOT WORTH THE EFFORT !!!”

Thats it, job done…. You can hang around for the small print, but i wouldnt bother….

Long story short, iv been running SBS 2003 for the last 4 years as the main infrastructure behind my home network, its served me well and for all its little annoyances, it keeps ticking on with the absolute minimum of tweaking by its administrator (AKA : Me)… But, i (Me) have fallen (as many of you have) in love with the iPhone, that little gadget that keeps on giving (and taking battery life)…

iPhone supports exchange server… Exchange server 2003 is compatable with this (but a nightmare to get working reliably)… Exchange 2007 has funky features designed to allow mobile devices (iPhone <- for those not paying attention) to connect with the least ammount of effort (yay)….

Alas, all the effort microsoft took out of setting up the mobile device support, they imported into the setup and usage of Server 2008. Everything has moved, nothing is centralised, there are more wizards/consoles and widgets than you can shake a 3.5″ floppy at, and to top it all of, it sucks more RAM than a disturbed zoo keeper !

Suffice to say, the benefits of SBS2008 come no where near the costs you will have to endure (least of which is the fact its entire look and feel comes from windows 7, yes thats the one that your nephew helped Microsoft design with that pack of crayons you stopped him eating last year).

Okay, details.

  • Installation process provides NO interactivity, all options are preset and cannot be altered during install (without configuring some answers file which is ‘beyond’ stupid for an installation…)
  • Installation process disabled administrator account immediatly after installation… its nice to have it around for a while (i mean common, if were installing a server operating system, its nice to be given the benefit of the doubt and trusted with our own admin accounts)
  • Look and feel is windows 7 (whaaa!)
  • Active directory Users and Computers has no exchange features built into it (meaning all exchange functionality has to be done from exchange console, no more right clicking on a user and doing exchange tasks)
  • Exchange console is painfully wizard based… Every-dam-thing does not have to a wizard microsoft…
  • SBS Console is about the only way to create users with full attributes (aka, if you want them to have a PC assigned, Mailbox creating, etc) creating a user in ADUC does not create a mailbox, and does NOT give you the option to add one !
  • Operating system grabs way too much RAM (granted i was running this in VM, so some of that could of been dedicated allocation… but i feel its maybe not)
  • POP3 Connector finally allows sheduling to happen more often than 15 mins (despite microsofts desperate warning that this would cause the end of the world), BUT does not allow advanced schedules to be created (aka, acc1, 2, 3 check every 5 mins, acc4, 5, 6  every 10 mins… So still kinda limited (but now supports SSL)… Do yourself a favour, go grab a copy of POPCON (brilliant little app)
  • Exporting of 2003 pst files do NOT  import correctly into 2008, my test import of my mailbox ended up with dozens of strange calendar entries which were not reccuring, but now are… my contacts have no pictures, my tasks list is all ‘not done’ (pretty sure i did some of those things), etc, etc, etc….
  • Outlook web access still only runs in light access mode for Firefox, and IE really doesnt have any additional features that 2003 didnt have… (looks a little better, but nothing to get excited about :(

Im sure there are more annoying things going on, and some good features too… But im still playing around with it, and no where near ready to format my 2003 box to update just yet…

Telnet on Vista

Published on December 8, 2009 in Microsoft, Tech Lessons and Utilities. 0 Comments

By default, Vista doesn’t install the Telnet client. The client is for text-based communication with remote systems. You can install it by following these steps:

1. Click Start then select Control Panel.

2. Select Programs and Features.

3. Select Turn Windows features on or off.

4. Select the Telnet Client option.

5. Click OK.

6. A dialog box will appear to confirm installation. The telnet command should now be available.

Windows 7 64-Bit onto your Mac (Select CD-Rom Boot Type:)

Published on August 26, 2009 in Microsoft and Tech Lessons. 26 Comments

If you get this error when trying to install windows 7 64bit on your Mac, then follow this guide.

“Select CD-Rom Boot Type:_”

Steps:

1 – Create 3 folders c:\windows7iso c:\windows7exe c:\windows7dvd
2- Download this .exe file and put into c:\windows7exe
3- Download a Windows 7 ISO from the ActionPack or MSDN website, or create an ISO file from your Windows 7 DVD. Move the ISO into the c:\windows7iso and unzip the contents (into the same directory) with imgburn
4- Move .iso file out of c:\windows7iso (to anywhere else)
5- open a dos prompt, change directory to c:\windows7exe and type exactly as shown :

oscdimg -n -m -bc:\windows7iso\boot\etfsboot.com c:\windows7iso c:\windows7dvd\windows7dvd.iso

Now burn the windows7dvd.iso file to a DVD and proceed to install windows 7 on your mac!

 

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